All that a fish drinks goes out at the gills.
(Spent as soon as got.)
595
Did we not flatter ourselves, the flattery of others could never hurt us.
—Rochefoucauld.
596
Boswell: "No quality will get a man more friends than a disposition to admire the qualities of others. I do not mean flattery, but a sincere admiration." Johnson: "Nay, Sir, flattery pleases very generally. In the first place, the flatterer may think what he says to be true; but in the second place, whether he thinks so or not, he certainly thinks those whom he flatters of consequence enough to be flattered."
—Boswell's Johnson.
597
Flowers.—These children of the meadows, born of sunshine and of showers!
—Whittier.